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Black Moses Barbie

JaneGoldenarms — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:04:21 +0000

Black Moses Barbie (Harriet Tubman Commercial) (1 of 3)

This mock commercial for a Black Moses Barbie toy celebrates the legacy of Harriet Tubman. It’s the first of three and is part of Pierre Bennu’s larger series of paintings and films deconstructing and re-envisioning images of people of color in commercial and pop culture.

The commercials started running in Black History Month and have continued on to Women’s History Month as well. We’ll post the third one when Bennu delivers more from his powerfully creative and inspirational project.

Black Moses Barbie commercial #2 of 3

NBC Honors Black History Month In A Most Peculiar Way.

Jazzy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:03:49 +0000

QuestLove has more than 1 million followers, and today, all of us were treated to an inside peek at NBC’s homage to Black History Month.¬† It seems that the network’s cafeteria prepared a special treat, serving the items listed in the photo below.

Later, QuestLove tweeted that he would be taking a small break from Twitter, as it seems NBC wasn’t too ecstatic about his twitpic LOL.¬† What do you think, offensive or comical?

Memorial Day.

Jazzy — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:50:34 +0000

In honor of Memorial Day, I thought it was appropriate to release a moving speech by Dr. King from 1967. This speech was released by Black Forum records, a subsidiary of Motown, and went on to win a Grammy in 1970 for the Best Spoken Word Recording. It documents his feelings on the Vietnam war, and why he strongly opposed it.

LIFE Exclusive – MLK Jr,: The Day He Died

Kutty — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:04:11 +0000

On April 4, 1968, LIFE photographer Henry Groskinsky and writer Mike Silva, on assignment in Alabama, learned that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. They raced to the scene and there, incredibly, had unfettered access to the hotel grounds, Dr. King’s room, and the surrounding area. For reasons that have been lost in the intervening years, the photographs taken that night and the next day were never published. Until now.

Some of the photos on the LIFE page are a bit disturbing. I almost feel like I am peering into a time and world where I do not belong. I have attached a few below, but I suggest you head on over and check them out for yourself.

[LIFE EXCLUSIVE! Photos From The Day MLK Died]